Biomarker Panels Used to Predict Renal Function in Type I Diabetes
In a study published in Diabetologia1, researchers compared blood and urine-based biomarker panels to determine if they can outperform current eGFR se...
KIM-1 & β2-M Predict Rapid Decline in Type 2 Diabetes Renal Function
Serum Kidney Injury Molecule 1 and β2-Microglobulin Perform as well as Larger Biomarker Panels for Prediction of Rapid Decline in Renal Funct...
Multiple urinary biomarkers may help detect male infertility
This study suggests five urinary biomarkers can be useful in in diagnosing infertility in men. The potential biomarkers from this study are expected t...
A New Generation of Biomarkers for Detecting Early Signs of Kidney Damage
Nephrotoxicity is a major problem in the preclinical and clinical setting that results in the failure of candidate compounds throughout the drug-devel...
Biomarkers Validated for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
A clinical test measuring tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-2 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) in urine has been...
The Need for Additional Translational Biomarkers
The authors of this paper review the various methods of safety biomarker discovery and development, and challenge researchers to advance the use of sa...
New Blood-Based Biomarker Assay for the Early Detection of Kidney Cancer
Researchers identified a 3-biomarker immunoassay, measuring NNMT, LCP1, and NM23A, that successfully distinguishes healthy patients from those with re...